Zhiwen Guo et al. analyzed the effects of #StructuralDiversity on forest biomass in comparison with biodiversity, #StandDensity, soil fertility and climatic factors, using structural equation model and hierarchical partitioning analysis.

#AltitudinalGradients

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Structural diversity drives forest biomass along altitudinal gradients in subtropical forests Abstract. Empirical evidence indicates that structural diversity plays a crucial role in enhancing forest biomass. However, the mechanisms through which fo

🌳 #StructuralDiversity & biodiversity & #StandDensity & soil fertility & climate ➡️ Forest biomass along #AltitudinalGradients in #SubtropicalForests

Results:
Structural diversity plays a pivotal role.

#Biodiversity–ecosystemFunction

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Structural diversity primarily drives forest biomass along altitudinal gradients in subtropical forests Abstract. Empirical evidence indicates that structural diversity plays a crucial role in enhancing forest biomass. However, the mechanisms through which fo

【🎉Latest accepted article】
#StructuralDiversity primarily drives forest biomass along #AltitudinalGradients in #SubtropicalForests

#Biodiversity-ecosystemFunction | #StandDensity

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Minghui Wu et al.explored how soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and its stabilizing mechanism vary along #AltitudinalGradients of western Yulong Mountain in Southwest China.

#HeavyFraction | #Mineral-associatedOrganicCarbon | #SoilAggregates

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Influence of environmental variables on SOC contents among soil fractions by random forest models.

🔄 How #SoilOrganicCarbon (SOC) storage and its stabilizing mechanism vary along #AltitudinalGradients ❓

Results:
Altitudes ⬆️, SOC contents →
⭐ bulk soils and #HeavyFractions ⬆️;
⭐ #SoilAggregates ➖;
➡️➡️ The increase in Fe/Al oxides might be the reason.

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🔬 And what shapes functional diversity?
📌 Elevation!
🌄 Higher elevation fragments showed more functional richness, evenness, and specialization.
Amphibians are finely tuned to their microclimates.
#FunctionalTraits #EcoPhysiology #AltitudinalGradients